Thousands gather outside YSR residence

Hyderabad came to a grinding halt as thousands poured on to the streets and thronged outside the residence of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy to pay their last respects to him. It was a sea of humanity outside the chief minister's camp office -- which is also his residence -- in the upmarket Begumpet area. They were not just Congress workers and YSR's admirers, there were also many others who came to pay homage to the leader known as 'prajala manshi' or leader of the masses.

Text: IANS

Image:Supporters of YSR gather as his body is brought back to Hyderabad on Thursday. (Photograph copyright AP)